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Tamil Nadu · Assembly Constituency 204

AruppukottaiAssembly by-election result, 1998

Thangamthenarasu (DMK) won Aruppukottai in the 1998 assembly by-election with 39.1% of the vote, beating Panchavarnam V.S. (ADMK) by 1,951 votes.

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Seat boundaries were redrawn before the 1977 election. In 1971, seat no. 204 was Virudhunagar. Seat boundaries were redrawn after 2006. From 2011, seat no. 204 is Sattur. See the seat history for this ground's earlier results.

Winner

Thangamthenarasu
DMK
DMK 39.1%ADMK 37.2%9 others 23.7%
Votes
40,223
39.1% share
Winning margin
1,951
1.9% of votes
Candidates
11

Aruppukottai was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.9% — fewer than 1,951 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

11 candidates
#CandidatePartyVotes · %
1
Thangamthenarasu
DMK
DMK
40,22339.1%
2
Panchavarnam V.S.
ADMK
ADMK
38,27237.2%
3
Manickam P.T.
PT
PT
12,48412.1%
4
Palaniswamy K.
IND
IND
9,5259.3%
5
Chandran K.
INC
INC
1,3291.3%
6
Samayan A.
IND
IND
3860.4%
7
Dr. Padmarajan K.
IND
IND
2620.3%
8
Karutha Pandian T. K.
IND
IND
2190.2%
9
Malai Chamy M.
IND
IND
990.1%
10
Thirunavukkarasu M.
IND
IND
640.1%
11
Boominathan E.
IND
IND
510.1%

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The RecordThe PlaceThe State

A close contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
1.9%

winning margin, share of votes

How many parties were really in the race?

SEAT
A crowded field

The top three took 88% of the votes.

Parties in the race 3.18

How did the vote split?

SEAT
39.1%won by DMK
DMK 39.1%ADMK 37.2%PT 12.1%IND 9.3%Others 2.3%

This seat number was reused from 2011. The district data on file describe the seat as contested from 2011, so they are not shown for earlier elections.

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Who has won Aruppukottai, 1977–2006

  1. 1977M.G. RAMACHANDRAN (ADK), margin 38.4%
  2. 1980PITUHAI, M. (ADK), margin 14.7%
  3. 1984M. PITCHAI (ADK), margin 3.9%
  4. 1989THANGAPANDIAN, V. (DMK), margin 15.7%
  5. 1991MANIMEGHALAI V. G. (ADK), margin 20.6%
  6. 1996THANGAPANDIAN, V. (DMK), margin 15.9%
  7. 2001SIVASAMY K.K. (ADMK), margin 5.8%
  8. 2006THANGAM THENNARASU (DMK), margin 7.1%